{"id":1866,"date":"2015-05-12T12:07:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T12:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2017-06-12T12:08:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T12:08:28","slug":"how-to-carve-a-stegosaurus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/how-to-carve-a-stegosaurus\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO CARVE: A STEGOSAURUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re only one month away from the start of summer, which means the big bin of watermelons has officially returned to grocery stores everywhere. And when the big bin of watermelons returns, it means I can restart my monthly tradition of carving demonstrations here on the blog.<\/p>\n<p>To kick off the 2015 carving season, I\u2019ve decided to ease into things with a carving that\u2019s a little less ambitious than others that I\u2019ll work on later this summer. It\u2019s sort of like stretching before a big race.<\/p>\n<p>To warm up, I\u2019ve created a Watermelon Stegosaurus. As you\u2019ll see from the photos below, on a difficulty scale of one to 10, this one is somewhere around a four, which is right where you want to start when you\u2019re warming up for a busy summer of carving.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For this carving, you\u2019ll need a larger, oblong watermelon. As always, you\u2019ll want to give your watermelon a thorough cleaning before you start cutting!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first step is to cut out your Stegosaurus body. To do that, cut out the middle section of the watermelon (cutting lengthwise). Your slice should be about two inches thick. Once you\u2019ve got your slice, cut off the bottom portion to create a flat base so your carving can stand upright.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Using some of rind you cut off in the step above, cut off two pieces of rind and clean off the watermelon. After you\u2019ve got those two pieces, you\u2019ll use them to create your dinosaur head and tail.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All that\u2019s left now is to attach the head, tail and Stegosaurus plates on the back (the strawberries). Toothpicks will be used for this step, along with one toothpick for a Stegosaurus eye. You\u2019ll also need to slice a few oranges for feet and use raisins for the toes.<\/p>\n<p>For more watermelon-carving ideas, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watermelon.org\/Carvings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carvings page<\/a>\u00a0of the National Watermelon Promotion Board website!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>UP NEXT: Growing the world\u2019s largest watermelon (part one)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re only one month away from the start of summer, which means the big bin of watermelons has officially returned to grocery stores everywhere. 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